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only 2% to support obama. the money that you're talking about, where that comes from, we've seen in texas which is made up of 20% of all of the outside spending. harold simmons has donated about 14 million or so to super pacs and bob perry, a home builder in texas, about 4 million, 5 million or so that he's contributed. >> so much money going into this. it's amazing when we think about it. it's not done yet. deputy political editor, domenico, thank you. you can keep tabs by downloading the nbc political app available on itunes. >>> there was talk about whether paul ryan was the right v.p. for romney. there's bound to be the resounding approval. why, you ask? three words, privatizing social security. steve moore is an editorial board member and senior economic writer for "the wall street journal." good to have you here. paul ryan has been an advocate investing somewhere around 50 to 80% of social security into stocks with the rest being in bonds. explain to everybody why he feels that would be such a good thing
only 2% to support obama. the money that you're talking about, where that comes from, we've seen in texas which is made up of 20% of all of the outside spending. harold simmons has donated about 14 million or so to super pacs and bob perry, a home builder in texas, about 4 million, 5 million or so that he's contributed. >> so much money going into this. it's amazing when we think about it. it's not done yet. deputy political editor, domenico, thank you. you can keep tabs by downloading...
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and so this is not going to be simply a matter of me spending political capital. >> president obama on "meet the press" over the weekend. in the wake of the newtown, connecticut school shootings. the president insisted he wants new gun control legislation passed in the next year. he put vice president biden in charge of that task force to make recommendations to him. democratic congressman john yarmouth of kentucky joins us now and he sits on the budget oversight and government reform and ethics committees. good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> what is your thought on what the president said on "meet the press?" >> i think he is absolutely right. what sets this apart, however, is that we do have presidential leadership on this issue. that is something that hasn't been there during past attempts to do something to curb gun violence. i am thrilled about that. i agree with him totally. i've said many times the public has to keep the drum beat going because unless there is a perceived cost to many of the politicians up here not much is likely to happen. we have to make sure the publi
and so this is not going to be simply a matter of me spending political capital. >> president obama on "meet the press" over the weekend. in the wake of the newtown, connecticut school shootings. the president insisted he wants new gun control legislation passed in the next year. he put vice president biden in charge of that task force to make recommendations to him. democratic congressman john yarmouth of kentucky joins us now and he sits on the budget oversight and government...
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. >> in addition, the pro-obama super pac committed to spending $4 million on targeted ads. joining me is nbc latino contributor and a "usa today" columnist. the new gallup poll is showing what's taking place within the community. the majority identifying as independents. 51% is independents rather than going left or right. democrat or republican. does this mean the vote is more up for grabs than the president's 40-point lead would suggest? >> not necessarily. if you look at the numbers for registered voters, it's still 52% leaning democratic. the trend is towards obama, but he haswo challenges. number is to keep the momentum going with latinos. they favor the health care act and favor his deportation policy and appreciate that he challenged arizona's law. that's half the challenge. the picture part is a little harder. that is mobilizing and getting them to turn out on election day. if you think of the numbers as say the circles, they are 50 million latinos and 20 million registered voters and 12 million are expected to show up. there is a gap there in turn out. he has the s
. >> in addition, the pro-obama super pac committed to spending $4 million on targeted ads. joining me is nbc latino contributor and a "usa today" columnist. the new gallup poll is showing what's taking place within the community. the majority identifying as independents. 51% is independents rather than going left or right. democrat or republican. does this mean the vote is more up for grabs than the president's 40-point lead would suggest? >> not necessarily. if you look...
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like obama, romney drastically increased spending, increased state taxes and fees. even worse, romney care is the blueprint for obama care. who can win? rick santorum. >> all right. so there it is. is that a good primer for the attacks on romney tonight? >> it's interesting because rick santorum has zero chance of beating barack obama in a general election. there's simply way too many independent voters, independent voters registration is at an all-time high. you have over 20% of barack obama's voters in 2008 who have reregistered as independents. and an enormous segment of that group is women. and he just does not appeal to them. in fact, turns them off. so the irony that he is going after mitt romney for not being electable is quite interesting. >> jen, i want to talk about the match-up when we look at who could come up against the president. and in these specific states, it looks like a case closed in michigan. but he is behind both leaders in arizona. now we keep hearing that the reelection team, jen, is looking at a path to win in arizona. is that really someth
like obama, romney drastically increased spending, increased state taxes and fees. even worse, romney care is the blueprint for obama care. who can win? rick santorum. >> all right. so there it is. is that a good primer for the attacks on romney tonight? >> it's interesting because rick santorum has zero chance of beating barack obama in a general election. there's simply way too many independent voters, independent voters registration is at an all-time high. you have over 20% of...
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obama care is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year trying to repeal obama care? >> there may be parts of it that we believe need e to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> okay. obama care is the law of the land. maybe parts of it could be changed. it seems very conciliatory. but almost immediately, the speaker sent out a tweet saying that the goal is and will remain full repeal. and there it is. obama care is the law of the land but it's threatening jobs. our goal will remain full repeal. is the speaker talking out of both sides of his mouth. he's either lying to diane sawyer or to everybody on twit per. >> the goal is full repeal. at the end of the day, given the fact the president has been reelected, that will be a difficult task to achieve. but there are specifics in obama care that will be difficult to implement and he plans to flush those out. but overall in the next few days and weeks to come through the beginning of the year, we're going to look at not just tax hikes, but spending cuts. i'm sure that's what boehner will focus on
obama care is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year trying to repeal obama care? >> there may be parts of it that we believe need e to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> okay. obama care is the law of the land. maybe parts of it could be changed. it seems very conciliatory. but almost immediately, the speaker sent out a tweet saying that the goal is and will remain full repeal. and there it is. obama care is the law of the...
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the regulation we're having from the obama administration and big government and big spending is certainly not working. this is an aspect where we need to let the free enterprise work. if a company is too big to fail, then we need to let it fail. >> i want to jump in because that's an absurd notion. regulation is there for a reason, to keep people from losing their life savings if a bank goes under, to keep banks from making risky transactions that would put those life savings at risk. this also underscores the notion that a smaller government issin heron to the american capital system and regulation is necessary to keep things like this from happening and take people down under with it. >> elizabeth warren, massachusetts senate candidate and former candidate to head up the consumer protection agency, she basically crafted the consumer protection agency, said this about jpmorgan. take a listen. >> this is wrong. we need accountability in this system. we need a system where we've got a tough cop on the beat. no one should be able to steal your purse on main street or your pension on wall st
the regulation we're having from the obama administration and big government and big spending is certainly not working. this is an aspect where we need to let the free enterprise work. if a company is too big to fail, then we need to let it fail. >> i want to jump in because that's an absurd notion. regulation is there for a reason, to keep people from losing their life savings if a bank goes under, to keep banks from making risky transactions that would put those life savings at risk....
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>>> newly elected president obama is back in washington, automatic spending cuts and tax increases set to go into effect at the beginning of the year, known together as the fiscal cliff. members of one of the most deeply divided congresses in history are sending smoke signals up capitol hill to note they are ready to get back to the bargaining table. >> mr. president, this is your moment. we are ready to be led, not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. >> i want to work together, but i want everyone to also understand, you can't push us around. we want to work together. >> as washington digs back in, politicians and pundits alike are still post-gaming obama's election night victory. >> as soon as the votes started coming in and we matched them up against the model, we were well convinced that the thing was going to go according to plan. >> republicans in a crisis of their own after mitt romney's disastrous defeat. does the governor's loss and demise signal a greater crossroads for the grand 'ole party? >> i think it's more of a branding problem because the branding problem is
>>> newly elected president obama is back in washington, automatic spending cuts and tax increases set to go into effect at the beginning of the year, known together as the fiscal cliff. members of one of the most deeply divided congresses in history are sending smoke signals up capitol hill to note they are ready to get back to the bargaining table. >> mr. president, this is your moment. we are ready to be led, not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. >> i want...
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the middle class and that they have the certainty that they need that we make spending cuts that are significant, that make sense, and that we maintain the things that are going to keep us competitive globally like the central funding for education and innovation, and at the same time we also make sure we ask wealthiest americans to pay a little bit more and when it comes to our tax policy that if you work hard and play by the rules in america that everybody has a chance to succeed and that's why you've seen ceos from across the country sign on to that notion, with president obama, saying it's okay if we raise rates a little bit for folks who make more than $250,000 a year. the world is not going to come to an end. there are republican and conservative analysts and thought leaders like bill kristol who have said that. why the republicans in the house who really are still very entrenched with their tea party mentality have not yet understood that, and are still dug in, is really frustrating. >> the president has just said and i'm getting this reiterated to me from people who can actua
the middle class and that they have the certainty that they need that we make spending cuts that are significant, that make sense, and that we maintain the things that are going to keep us competitive globally like the central funding for education and innovation, and at the same time we also make sure we ask wealthiest americans to pay a little bit more and when it comes to our tax policy that if you work hard and play by the rules in america that everybody has a chance to succeed and that's...
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when it comes to fisker are clear, and that's why chairman priebus is there to talk about president obama's own spending of tax dollars over seas. >> will mitt romney be releasing the information on who his supporters are, who his bundlers are? >> we were talking about yesterday a guy named steve wesley. this is very public. steve wesley was the california finance chair for barack obama. he had four companies that ended up getting over half a billion dollars -- >> tim, you're calling out the president for crony capitalism and you're not going to reveal anything for who the bundlers are and you're not pressing mitt romney on revealing any of who his bundlers are. so we the american people might not know who is supporting him and he then, crony capitalismwise, like you're saying the president is doing would have if he's president. isn't that hypocritical. >> like barack obama's donor public, you're not comparing apples to apples here. >> fisker is a bundler, is that wrong? >> no, that's not true. steve wesley, who had four companies, that fisker want one them, he was a california finance chai
when it comes to fisker are clear, and that's why chairman priebus is there to talk about president obama's own spending of tax dollars over seas. >> will mitt romney be releasing the information on who his supporters are, who his bundlers are? >> we were talking about yesterday a guy named steve wesley. this is very public. steve wesley was the california finance chair for barack obama. he had four companies that ended up getting over half a billion dollars -- >> tim, you're...
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. >> the obama time machine has started spending millions to sling mud or oil at mitt romney. why? because in the five states where obama's attacking romney, gas prices are roughly doubled. >> mitt romney and president obama both looking each other squarely in the eye knowing they're going to be challenging each other. how much, chuck, is the gas price issue going to dog the president through all of this? >> in my history of watching gas price politics, it strikes me as sugar high politics. it always feels good moment doing the attack, and it never is a sustaining attack because, as we know, that number just inevitably fluctuates. overall what you have, you have romney and the republicans trying to shift the conversation on the economy, still keep it tops but they don't want to be judged solely on the jobs number now that is improving. i say, thomas, i want to put a plug, it's coming in your hour, it's interesting to see today, we'll have mitt romney being treated as sort of the nominee. his first sort of what i call speech as a presumptive nominee to the newspaper editors in washi
. >> the obama time machine has started spending millions to sling mud or oil at mitt romney. why? because in the five states where obama's attacking romney, gas prices are roughly doubled. >> mitt romney and president obama both looking each other squarely in the eye knowing they're going to be challenging each other. how much, chuck, is the gas price issue going to dog the president through all of this? >> in my history of watching gas price politics, it strikes me as sugar...
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we have got to spend money to do that. there have been a number of initiatives from the obama administration and the democratic party leadership that has been proposed in congress time and time again. and there's been certainly a great reluctance on the part of the gop house leadership and, in fact, many democrats, too, that are very conservative to essentially put those obstacles there. i think it's going to be the major issue, bar none, during this election cycle, jobs and the economy. if the obama administration continues to press their initiatives, education, too, but especially jobs, if they continue to press their initiatives and put congress on the defensive, i think that they're going to continue to try to use that to score political points. quite frankly, i think it would resonate well with the public. >> earl hutchinson, great to have you on. thank you. >>> as santorum -- or a santorum super pac is calling on newt gingrich to quit, to get out of this race so that santorum can have a better chance at beating mitt
we have got to spend money to do that. there have been a number of initiatives from the obama administration and the democratic party leadership that has been proposed in congress time and time again. and there's been certainly a great reluctance on the part of the gop house leadership and, in fact, many democrats, too, that are very conservative to essentially put those obstacles there. i think it's going to be the major issue, bar none, during this election cycle, jobs and the economy. if the...
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. >> kristen, let's talk about what the president is able to acquiesce about spending cuts? this about compromise or total victory? >> i think to some extent it's about compromise. but there is no doubt that president obama believes he has leverage when it comes to getting tax increases on the wealthiest americans. at this point in time, showing no sign that they're going to give on the issue. it's a bit of a game of chicken which mike was talking about, both side is waiting for the other to concede a little before they agree to give up anything. president obama is going to continue his p.r. campaign today, thomas. to try to put the pressure on house republicans to get on board. he's going to grant a number of interviews to anchors from local affiliates from across the country. of course, we've had him invite chief stakeholders here to the white house. he's also traveled, making trips to pennsylvania, as well as michigan in recent days to kind of put the pressure on republicans to come over to his side on this issue of taxes. but, of course, that continues to be the main sti
. >> kristen, let's talk about what the president is able to acquiesce about spending cuts? this about compromise or total victory? >> i think to some extent it's about compromise. but there is no doubt that president obama believes he has leverage when it comes to getting tax increases on the wealthiest americans. at this point in time, showing no sign that they're going to give on the issue. it's a bit of a game of chicken which mike was talking about, both side is waiting for the...
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we're spending way too much money. as your previous guest was just talking about, we're hitting the debt ceiling, 16 trillion, they want to increase it to 18 trillion. by 2022, it will be 25 trillion the at some point this all comes crashing down. >> we already had the debt ceiling issue during the summer of 2011 being taken to the brink of having our credit ratings. based on the fact that neither side could politically come together. that was all in an effort to try to discredit the president so that they could get him out come november of 2012. now, that doesn't happen. the president has a wide mandate to be back in the hoff. why does the tea party not get that? >> you know obama ran on the fact that he would raise taxes. >>> more democrats were votes in. tea party members lost seats in this election. >> liberals lost seats, too. that's what happens every election. if there had been a great groundswell of effort that we have to raise taxes, we have to implement this huge liberal big spending agenda john boehner would
we're spending way too much money. as your previous guest was just talking about, we're hitting the debt ceiling, 16 trillion, they want to increase it to 18 trillion. by 2022, it will be 25 trillion the at some point this all comes crashing down. >> we already had the debt ceiling issue during the summer of 2011 being taken to the brink of having our credit ratings. based on the fact that neither side could politically come together. that was all in an effort to try to discredit the...
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do you think that the president is going to spend more time on that in his second term? >> i don't have any doubt that he will. it's a matter now of -- and this is one of the reasons that i said i want to vote for the president because i want to see him fulfill his dream. i want to see him go forward with what he has promised. one of the best speeches he ever made was to the u.s. conference of mayors in 2008 and which he spoke of infrastructure improvement. look at the storm that hit the northeast. look how we could put those grid lines under ground. look at the jobs it would create. but look how it would really be improving our infrastructure in our decaying cities and some of the newer cities as well. i think the president is going to do that. i think more importantly, when you speak about this voting rights act, the president has a responsibility to, and i'm certain he will be certain to move on with the appointment and the nomination of these federal judges. >> michael, it seems the race for 2016 already under way. some have mentioned paul ryan as well. you have marc
do you think that the president is going to spend more time on that in his second term? >> i don't have any doubt that he will. it's a matter now of -- and this is one of the reasons that i said i want to vote for the president because i want to see him fulfill his dream. i want to see him go forward with what he has promised. one of the best speeches he ever made was to the u.s. conference of mayors in 2008 and which he spoke of infrastructure improvement. look at the storm that hit the...
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. >>> president obama is leaving the first family in hawaii. he's cutting the vacation short to return to washington, d.c. hopefully to restart the negotiations over those job killing spending cuts and tax hikes set to take effect in the new year. joining me now is congressman gregory meeks, democrat of new york and serves on the financial services committee. i told you if anything goes off or need to rush out of here because you have gotten a call back to d.c. you let me know. plirt coe reporting today, as of christmas day, they do not have the standard warning to come back to washington to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff. it's boehner and other gop leaders aren't going to herd 433 lawmakers back to town with nothing to do. when you hear that, and you know what's been going on and what's expected of you in the new year, what are your hopes for something small, maybe not as ambitious as a grand bargain but something small getting done before january 1st? >> i would like to see a grand deal. but we should do something. too many people hurt, f
. >>> president obama is leaving the first family in hawaii. he's cutting the vacation short to return to washington, d.c. hopefully to restart the negotiations over those job killing spending cuts and tax hikes set to take effect in the new year. joining me now is congressman gregory meeks, democrat of new york and serves on the financial services committee. i told you if anything goes off or need to rush out of here because you have gotten a call back to d.c. you let me know. plirt...
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senator rob portman playing barack obama. one of the challenges for romney tonight i think will be for him to try to say what in fact he'll do differently than the president. obviously there are a lot of similarities between their world views absent the fact that governor romney has said he would support allies in arming the rebels in syria. because there's so many similarities how does he overcome that. one thing we heard is they may try to take away the osama bin laden death as and i temple they would credit the president for and then say while the president did that we give him credit for that but there are other significant differences. >> ultimate reality tv tonight the debate in boca. peter alexander live for us at olin university. >> the president has been in hard core prep mode at camp david huddled with him at the maryland hideaway a base of advisers. john kerry is standing in as mitt romney. the davids, axelrod and plouffe and tom donilon and karen dunn. joining me is carol simpson the first female minority nod rate
senator rob portman playing barack obama. one of the challenges for romney tonight i think will be for him to try to say what in fact he'll do differently than the president. obviously there are a lot of similarities between their world views absent the fact that governor romney has said he would support allies in arming the rebels in syria. because there's so many similarities how does he overcome that. one thing we heard is they may try to take away the osama bin laden death as and i temple...
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of a political problem will this be for the president if the right can pin gas prices on president obama? >> what makes this election different is not only do you have republicans attacking the president, but we have oil and gas executives spending millions on the air, trying to maintain their subsidies. they're currently charging taxpayers $4 billion a year for subsidies. mitt romney and the republican party wants that continue, and we're not going to sit on our hands when they try to distort the president's record. domestic oil and gas production has gone up. we're on an eight-year high with the president, and our reliance on foreign oil imports is at a 16-year low. we saw this as a chance to highlight the president's all of the above energy strategy. >> is it the right's way to attach the president to high gas prices? is it the left's way to attach the republicans to big oil? >> i don't think the president's team believes these attacks are credible. we're in a global oil market, and we need to do more than just drilling to reduce gas prices. if just drilling was the answer, we've open
of a political problem will this be for the president if the right can pin gas prices on president obama? >> what makes this election different is not only do you have republicans attacking the president, but we have oil and gas executives spending millions on the air, trying to maintain their subsidies. they're currently charging taxpayers $4 billion a year for subsidies. mitt romney and the republican party wants that continue, and we're not going to sit on our hands when they try to...
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go to obama. the state to watch is florida. now the republicans won a ruling there, but it was only concerning about 198 voters. but that should tell you something, when both sides are argue over 198 voters. they can tell that that state will be very close. and if you remember the 2000 elect, that state was won by just 572 votes. so that's a state that we should be watching very closely. >> you know, matt, let's continue on that. because despite the victory in ohio, democrats are still facing challenges in florida, as erin was just saying. this week a judge there ruled that the state can continue its purge of potential noncitizens. the key issue has been claims that eligible voters are being mistakenly disenfranchised. is this going to affect the outcome in florida, which, you know, election to election, you never know. you never know in florida, do you? >> florida, florida, florida. >> right. >> that's right. and a inger are inis right. i think it does show kind of the amount of attention that bo
go to obama. the state to watch is florida. now the republicans won a ruling there, but it was only concerning about 198 voters. but that should tell you something, when both sides are argue over 198 voters. they can tell that that state will be very close. and if you remember the 2000 elect, that state was won by just 572 votes. so that's a state that we should be watching very closely. >> you know, matt, let's continue on that. because despite the victory in ohio, democrats are still...
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president obama and the first daughters engaging in that annual tradition which, by the way, started under jfk in 1963. >> it's a good one. and we're very glad those two turkeys were pardoned. >>> lawmakers are taking today to give thanks and spend time with their families but next week they'll be back in washington with plenty to do trying to negotiate a solution to stave off the fiscal cliff. everyone was getting along last friday when all of the leaders met at the white house but now that it's time to deal things are getting a bit tougher. let's bring in david and steve. happy thanksgiving, guys. thanks for getting up early with us. >> good morning. >> first one to you, david, the staffers have told politico that these talks are off to a rough start and issue is, it's the same, the revenue, how to get it. what congressman tom cole said on "jansing and company" yesterday. >> important as to how you get that revenue. i was disappointed to see leader pelosi say it had to be higher rates or nothing. i don't think that's the way you begin a negotiation. >> what about the possibility of
president obama and the first daughters engaging in that annual tradition which, by the way, started under jfk in 1963. >> it's a good one. and we're very glad those two turkeys were pardoned. >>> lawmakers are taking today to give thanks and spend time with their families but next week they'll be back in washington with plenty to do trying to negotiate a solution to stave off the fiscal cliff. everyone was getting along last friday when all of the leaders met at the white house...
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the other side of this, the massive spending cuts that have now educators ringing the alarm. they warn of increased class sizes, the elimination of after-school and summer school programs, libraries could close, all this as the u.s. tries to close an achievement gap. joining me now to continue our education nation conversation, world-renowned educator dr. steve perry, also host of tv one's "save my son." steve, it's great to have you here. the secretary of education, arne duncan, has said that 9 million students would be affected by the cuts including nearly 2 million that are already living in this country in poverty. when we talk about special education needs for the kids of our country, we're essentially about to take away resources from the students that need it most. however, we're not talking enough about that. >> one of the reasons why there's even a conversation about cuts is not so much because there's less money coming in, it's because of so much money going out. where we spend the most amount of money in education is on personnel. me and the benefits that you pay u
the other side of this, the massive spending cuts that have now educators ringing the alarm. they warn of increased class sizes, the elimination of after-school and summer school programs, libraries could close, all this as the u.s. tries to close an achievement gap. joining me now to continue our education nation conversation, world-renowned educator dr. steve perry, also host of tv one's "save my son." steve, it's great to have you here. the secretary of education, arne duncan, has...
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if we look at the spending for campaigning, there are three virginia locations among the top eight. so explain to all of us the stakes that virginia holds for each, for president obama and mitt romney. >> there's no surprise that the campaigns, the obama and romney campaign plus all the outside groups, are descending on the air waves in virginia. this is a very important state. in past elections, we talked about florida, talked about ohio. in 2012 it very well might be virginia. the stakes are for the obama campaign, if they are able to win virginia, that gives them so many more paths to 270 electoral votes. virginia plus colorado, plus nevada, that plus new mexico, that gets you past 270. conversely for mitt romney, if he ends up losing virginia, then he gives obama more paths to 270. if he wins it, he makes sure the obama folks have to be able to win either ohio or florida. >> so as we take a look at the temperature right now in virginia, president obama currently leads in the state. this is according to the recent quinnipiac poll. as we see right there, virginia women, he's got t
if we look at the spending for campaigning, there are three virginia locations among the top eight. so explain to all of us the stakes that virginia holds for each, for president obama and mitt romney. >> there's no surprise that the campaigns, the obama and romney campaign plus all the outside groups, are descending on the air waves in virginia. this is a very important state. in past elections, we talked about florida, talked about ohio. in 2012 it very well might be virginia. the...
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is all about raising taxes and not about cutting spending. do you think that is true? do you think the president has brought up troupe spending cuts? >> i think the president has been absolutely willing to compromise. remember how this started. the president came forward and said $250,000 and below we would keep the tax cuts in place. he then compromised and went up to $400,000. he also put something on the table that gave a lot of people angst and that was the change around social security. so i think the president has been more than willing to compromise and you also have to keep in mind that last year wedid over a trillion dollars in cuts. i think where the compromise has to be is that speaker boehner has got to get off the notion that all republicans have to vote the same way. if he was willing to bring forward 40 or 50 members of his caucus and go with the deal pass td out of the seniate believe you could get the majority of democrats to go forward, as well. we really have to end the notion that every republican has to be on the same pag
is all about raising taxes and not about cutting spending. do you think that is true? do you think the president has brought up troupe spending cuts? >> i think the president has been absolutely willing to compromise. remember how this started. the president came forward and said $250,000 and below we would keep the tax cuts in place. he then compromised and went up to $400,000. he also put something on the table that gave a lot of people angst and that was the change around social...
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buzz the obama campaign have a problem in minnesota? >> no. the mayor like me want to pretend it's a swing state so you come and spend a bunch of money. the realist in me says no. if you want to come, we'd love to have you. the reality is there are polls showing us more. i've been all over minnesota in the past few days. campaigning here in the metro area, minneapolis-st. paul, but also northern and southern minnesota and there's really no contest here. the obama campaign never shut down our ground game from 2008. we have offices in every corner of the state up and running. the romney campaign literally does haven't a single office. i think they have a staffer or two. they've ignored that state. they certainly don't have the values of minnesota. i've also been in iowa and wisconsin quite a bit and both of them seem pretty good for the president as well. >> mayor, i want to turn to foreign policy really quickly. president obama did an interview with joe and mika that's going to run tomorrow morning in its entirety on "morning joe." this is what
buzz the obama campaign have a problem in minnesota? >> no. the mayor like me want to pretend it's a swing state so you come and spend a bunch of money. the realist in me says no. if you want to come, we'd love to have you. the reality is there are polls showing us more. i've been all over minnesota in the past few days. campaigning here in the metro area, minneapolis-st. paul, but also northern and southern minnesota and there's really no contest here. the obama campaign never shut down...
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president obama will spend the fourth at the white house. he begins his day with remarks at a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members. an hour from now, mitt romney takes a break from vacationing at his $8 million lakeside estate in new hampshire to narch a parade in wolfeboro in his first campaign appearance of this week. he will walk alongside senator capitol hill ayotte, fueling speculation about the opening spot on the gop ticket. >>> the independence day festivities at the white house kick off in two hours with the president's live remarks following the naturalization ceremony in the east room. the president and first lady will hold a barbecue on the south lawn. the first couple will host service members and their families with food and fireworks. today's fourth of july celebration at 1600 pennsylvania avenue comes just one day before the president kicks off the first bus tour of his re-election campaign. nbc news correspondent kristen welker joins us now live in the white house. he's got a busy day ahead of him. >> repo
president obama will spend the fourth at the white house. he begins his day with remarks at a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members. an hour from now, mitt romney takes a break from vacationing at his $8 million lakeside estate in new hampshire to narch a parade in wolfeboro in his first campaign appearance of this week. he will walk alongside senator capitol hill ayotte, fueling speculation about the opening spot on the gop ticket. >>> the independence day...